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♪♪ Welcome to the WCTE TV Academic Bowl.

My name is Molly Risley, and I'll be your moderator for today's match between Gallatin High School's A-Team and Cookeville High School's A-Team.

We're down to the finals.

And that means that if Gallatin High School wins this match, they will be our first place champion.

If Cookeville High School wins this match, we'll go right into a second match to determine our winner for the 2024 Academic Bowl.

Let's meet our contestants from Gallatin High School.

Hi, my name is Marley McDaniel and my favorite mascot is Suzy Suit Army.

Hi, my name is Bryce Calhoun and my favorite teacher is Miss Payne.

Hi, I'm Gareth Turner, and my favorite mascot is Samson Army.

I'm Andrew Wright and I am a Jedi.

Like my father before me.

All right, but.

But no lightsabers today.

All right, let's meet our contestants from Cookeville's High School's A-Team.

My name is Riley, and I play viola.

My name is Eli.

My favorite baseball team is the Hunt and Tigers.

My name is Kathryn Smith, and my dog's name is James by Percival Everett.

My name is Adalay And my favorite, Muffet is animal.

Excellent.

All right.

Welcome to both teams.

And best of luck to both teams.

We're going to get started with a toss up.

What does the acronym TVA Eli Tennessee Valley Authority.

That is correct.

For ten.

Here's your bonus opportunity.

For ten points, what is the capital of the state of West Virginia?

Need an answer.

Columbus.

That's incorrect.

Charleston.

Also, for ten points.

What is the capital of the state of New York?

Albany.

Albany is correct.

Ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 20.

Next toss up.

According to the Latin phrase Omnia vinci amore.

What conquers all?

Eli.

Love.

Love is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

The imaginary unit I when cubed is equal to what?

Negative.

Right.

Negative one.

Well, no.

That's squared.

Negative I.

That is correct.

Also, for ten points, what is the imaginary unit I when raised to the power ten?

Negative one.

That is correct.

Still remind you not to tap on the table.

Sorry.

All right, so 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up gives you 30.

Next tossup.

In physics, what is the product of the mass of an object and its velocity?

Gareth.

Inertia.

That is incorrect.

I'll finish it for Cookville.

And it's velocity called momentum.

That is correct.

For ten.

Your bonuses for ten points.

Name the country with the westernmost point in Africa.

Capital.

Dakar.

Senegal.

Senegal.

Senegal is correct.

Also for ten points.

Name the country with the easternmost point in Africa.

Mogadishu.

..Somalia.

Somalia.

Somalia is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 30.

Next toss up.

A mnemonic device is used to help with memorization.

Eli.

Memory.

That is incorrect.

I'll finish it for a Gallatin High School spell.

Mnemonic.

Gareth.

M and e u m I c. That is incorrect.

It is m n e m o n I c mnemonic.

So no points on that toss up.

We'll go to our next toss up.

This tool of mathematics was invented by a British mathematician.

Soon.... Eli.

Calculus?

That is incorrect.

I'll finish it for Gallatin High School.

Soon after the discovery of logarithms.

Name this precursor of the handheld calculator.

Marley.

Abacus.

Incorrect.

It is slide rule, so no points on that toss up.

Next, toss up the kinetic.

The kinetic energy of a moving object is four joules.

If the velocity of the object is doubled, its kinetic energy will be what?

Gareth.

Quadruple.

Can you give it to me in jewels?

16 jewels.

That is correct.

So ten points on that toss up.

Here are your bonuses.

Nashville was founded by two men in 1779.

One came overland, the other by water.

For ten points, each named them.

[whispering] Let's go.

No answer.

All right.

We're looking for James Robertson and John Donaldson.

So no points on the bonus, but you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

What form of popular music evolved in the 1950s?

Eli?

Rock N Roll.

That is correct for ten points.

Here are your bonuses for ten points in computer science.

What is the result of the logical or operation applied to the operands 1010 and 0101.

1111.

That is correct.

Also, for ten points, what is the result of the logical and operation applied to the operands?

1010 and 1101.

1111.

That's incorrect.

We're looking for 1000.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 20.

Next toss up.

Which decimal digits are not used in the octal?

Gareth.

eight and nine, eight and nine is correct for ten points.

Here's your bonus opportunity.

The terms s, p, D, f in chemistry are derived from spectral symbols.

What do the letters s, p, d?

Excuse me?

Yeah.

S, P, D and F stand for?

Five points for each correct answer.

[whispering] [whispering] [whispering] Need an answer.

Well they're trying to orbitals.

Incorrect.

We're looking for sharp.

Principle.

Diffuse and fundamental.

So no points on that bonus.

But you did get ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

In what African nation are the cities of Tangier and Kassab.

Eli.

Morocco.

Morocco is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points each.

Give me the standard mathematical adjectives that are applied to sets that have no member in common.

[whispering] distinct, it's incorrect.

It's disjoint, and a region where which contains the line segment joining any two points in that region.

[whispering] No answer.

It's convex, so no points on the bonus.

But you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

Which Shakespearean character was known as the Moor of Venice?

Gareth.

Othello.

Othello is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus.

For five points each, give the Greek equivalent to these Roman gods and goddesses.

Minerva.

Athena.

That's correct.

Venus.

Aphrodite.

Correct.

Mercury.

Why don't you tell them?

Hermes.

Correct.

And Vesta.

[whispering] Hestia.

Hestia is correct.

Got them all.

So, 20 points on the bonus and ten on the tossup.

Give you 30.

Next tossup.

The capital of the African country of Liberia was named after what?

Eli.

James Monroe.

That is correct.

For ten.

Your bonus for ten points.

What is the term for a formal expression of disapproval of the improper conduct of a member of a legislative body?

Censure.

It's a censure.

Censure?

Censure is correct.

Also for ten points.

These are provisions added to a bill that are not related to it.

Note that not every amendment can correctly be labeled as one of these [whispering] Sure.

Non germane.

We're looking for writers.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup gives you 20 there.

Next toss up.

What King was the subject of a cycle of stories during the Middle Ages.

And was the son... Eli.

Arthur Arthur is correct.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

Who said the life which is unexamined is not worth living?

Answer.

Plato.

Plato is correct.

Also, for ten points.

What was the name of the school which Plato founded?

The Lyceum.

Time to defer to Eli.

Lyceum.

That's incorrect.

We're looking for the Academy.

So we got ten on that bonus and ten on the toss up.

Give you 20 points there and at the halfway mark, we've got Gallatin A with 50, Cookeville A with 150.

So Gallatin you're going to get to choose first when we come back for the lightning round from these categories- cabinet departments or acronyms.

Stay with us.

We'll be back in a minute.

Welcome back.

We've got a great match going between Gallatin High School's A-Team and Cookeville High School's A-Team.

Gallatin is going to choose first for our lightning round between the categories cabinet departments or acronyms.

Cabinet Departments.

So here we go.

You're going to identify these cabinet departments of the US government.

You'll get ten points for each correct answer and a bonus 20 points if you get them all correct.

We've got 60 seconds on the clock.

I'm looking to Bryce for answers or to defer.

Here we go.

Responsible for conducting foreign policy.

State.

Responsible for maintaining American military forces.

Defense.

It regulates oil pipelines.

Pass it.

Prosecutes violations of federal law.

Justice.

It administers immigration policy.

Pass it manages Amtrak.

Transportation.

It conducts the census.

Pass.

It regulates occupational safety.

[whispering] [whispering] Pass.

It regulates banks.

Treasure.

It promotes conservation of natural resources.

Interior, it regulates oil pipelines.

Interior.

It administers immigration policy.

I think this was all about security.

Homeland security.

It conducts the census... commerce.

It regulates occupational safety.

[whispering] labor.

And we're out of time.

It was labor, but just after time was called.

Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 80.

We got 80 points on that lightning round.

Excellent job.

That brings your score up to 130.

And the ones we missed.

The Department of Energy regulates oil pipelines.

See.

And we ran out of time on labor.

And that's it.

Got all the rest.

Great job.

All right, so, Cookville, you guys are going to have to deal with acronyms.

I'll need you to give me the meaning of the following acronyms.

All right.

We've got 60s on the clock.

Here we go.

NYSE New York Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, DBA.

Document based [whispering] Pass FAA members association.

Farm Farmers Association of America COO.

Chief operations officer.

Chief operations officer.

ADD [whispering] Attention deficit disorder OTC.

Over the counter.

Over the counter.

DEA.

Pass.

NCAA, National College Athletics Association.

National College Athletics Association.

MIA.

Missing In Action.

LOL.

Laugh out loud.

DBA.

Pass.

DEA .

Time.

All right.

And we're out of time there.

All right, judges, on number eight.

What do we think?

College is collegiate.

Yeah.

So.

All right, so no on that.

So ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60.

Okay.

12345.

I got 50.

Then.

Correct.

All right, so 50, 50 points on that bonus.

Brings your score up to 200 ones we missed.

We needed DBA is doing business as, FAA is the Federal Aviation Administration COO, chief operating officer, DEA.

We ran out of time.

Drug Enforcement agency, NCAA is the national collegiate athletic Association, and you got the rest.

So we're going to pause for a minute, see if we have any substitutions, but come back.

It's going to be an exciting round to.

Stay with us.

Welcome back.

We had a really great lightning round.

And before we get started with round two we do have a substitution.

Cookeville High School's A-Team.

Welcome, Lizeth.

So are everybody ready for round two?

At the end of our lightning round, we have Gallatin A with 130 and Cookeville with 200.

And we're going to start off with the toss up.

How many New England states are there?

Katherine.

Dean.

Answer six six is correct.

Your bonus.

That's correct.

For ten, your bonus.

The state of Mississippi borders four other states for five points each.

Name them.

Louisiana, Arkansas.

Tennessee, Alabama.

Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas.

That is correct.

You got them all.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 30.

We'll go to our next toss up.

Name the British ship upon which Fletcher Christian led the famous mutiny against Captain... Eli.

the Bounty.

That is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus.

War of the worlds created mass hysteria when broadcast over the radio, because many listeners did not realize it was only a story.

Here are a couple of questions for ten points each.

Name either the author of the book or the star of the radio program.

Orson Welles, who did the radio broadcast or symbols?

Orson Welles, Orson Welles.

And the other was H.G.

Wells.

So Welles would have been right.

What finally killed the invaders in the book?

[whispering] answer.

Tuberculosis?

Great guess, but it's specifically bacteria.

So.

No, No points.

Well, ten points on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 20.

Next toss up.

Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board in 2014.

It has still not been found.

The airplane was part of what country's?

Andrew.

Malaysia.

Malaysia is correct for ten.

Here are your bonuses.

Gallatin for ten points.

How many faces does an icosahedron have?

20.

20 is correct also for ten points.

And icosahedron has how many vertices?

[whispering] [whispering] Answer?

20?

20 is correct.

So 20 points on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 30.

Next toss up.

Identify the maiden name of Robert Browning's wife.

Eli.

Barrett.

Barrett is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

Who is credited with the discovery of X-rays?

Do you want to go next?

[whispering] Answer?

Maxwell.

Incorrect.

We're looking for Rogin.

Rogin?

Also for ten points, who is credited with having proved that neutrons exist?

[whispering] [whispering] [whispering] answer.

Dalton.

We're looking for Chadwick, so no points on the bonus, but you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

What psychological word describes a false perception that appears to a person to be real?

Eli.

Illusion.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it, Gallatin?

Gareth.

Hallucination.

Hallucination is correct.

Your bonuses for ten points.

The oldest known mechanical computing device was used as early as the sixth century BC.

Identify this computing device.

Defer the Anna throw mechanism.

Incorrect.

We're looking for abacus there.

Also for ten points.

This invention by Joseph Jacquard is considered to have inspired the idea of computers being programed on punch cards.

What was its name?

[whispering] The water frame.

Incorrect.

We're looking for automatic weaving loom, also known as the Jacquard loom.

So no points on the bonus.

But you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

What was the name of the federal legislature of the American colonies, Andrew?

The Continental Congress.

That is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for five points each.

Name the four types of triangles.

[whispering] Scalene, isosceles, equilateral.

And.

Right.

You got them all.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the tossup give you 30 next tossup.

What geometric figure is a quadrilateral with Gareth a square.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for Cookville with exactly two sides parallel.

Eli.

Rectangle.

Incorrect.

We're looking for trapezoid, so no points there.

Next toss up.

Put the name in the blank.

That completes this line from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

And so as blank observe.

God bless us, Eli.

Scrooge.

Incorrect.

I'll finish it for, Gallatin.

God bless us, everyone.

Gareth.

Tiny Tim.

Tiny Tim says that for ten points.

Here's your bonus for five points each.

Give answers that begin with the letter G for these descriptions.

Search Engine Company founded in 1998.

Google.

Correct.

Labor camp in the Soviet Union.

Gulag.

Correct.

German brothers known for their fairytales.

Grimm.

Grimm is correct.

Jury that considers criminal accusations.

Grand.

You got them all for 20.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up.

You've 30 their next toss up.

What is the largest number of points that a straight line in a circle can have in common?

Gareth.

Two.

Two is correct.

Your bonus for ten points each.

These words must start with the letter A and end with the letters T, I, O, N , we hope you pay attention.

A formal reproof or warning is an.

Answer no answer.

That's admonition.

Another word for estrangement is.

Answer.

No.

Answer.

Alienation.

So no points on the bonus.

But you got ten on the toss up.

Next toss up in baseball.

What player was nicknamed this?

Say hey, kid?

Eli.

Sammy Sosa.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it?

Gallatin?

Time.

We're looking for Willie Mays.

So next toss up.

What poem has this last line?

Only God can make a tree, Gareth.

Trees.

Trees is correct.

Here's your bonus for five points each, or 20 for all three.

Give the last name of the artist that painted the following famous paintings and impressionistic painting entitled girl.

A Girl with a Watering Can.

[whispering] Vermeer?

Incorrect.

That is Renoir, a work done in the Cubist style entitled Three Musicians Picasso.

Picasso is Correct, a painting done with bold, choppy and swirling brushstrokes entitled Starry Night.

Van Gogh?

Van Gogh.

So you got ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up, giving you 20.

Next toss up in 1892, what island replaced Castle Garden as a receiving station for European...Eli?

Ellis Island?

Ellis Island is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

What is the name of the lake between New York and Vermont that also extends partly into Quebec?

[whispering] Defer to Eli.

Champlain.

Champlain is correct.

Champlain is correct.

Also, for ten points.

What was the name of the nearby fort in New York, where a revolutionary War battle was fought?

Answer?

Defer to Eli.

Ticonderoga.

Ticonderoga is correct.

And, that gives you 20 on the bonus and ten on the tossup, for a total of 30.

And our final score, we have Gallatin A -260, Cookeville A -290, which means we're going to have another match in this exciting tournament this year.

So stay with us.

And please continue to watch the WCTE TV Academic Bowl.

But great job in this match.

Both teams.

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